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Ceylon stamps and postal history

Ceylon had previously had stamps produced to their own design, but opted to utilise the Imperium key plates for their King George V series. They subsequently became the largest single user of the Imperium key plates, accounting for nearly 41% of all stamps produced in this design. Of the twenty five 120-set key plates available for general use Ceylon employed twenty three, missing only plates 17 and 28. Nigeria alone equalled this total.